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Community based Ecotourism Activities in Kenya
Community based ecotourism programmes
Mwalunganje
Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary (MES) is a community-owned elephant park, a conservation
area for elephants and Encephalartos cycads in Kwale County, Kenya
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The Kimana Community Wildlife Sanctuary represents one of the best examples of √a
community-based ecotourism project that promotes the ideals of local participation in wildlife
management and
√creates opportunities for the local Maasai pastoralists to benefit from wildlife tourism
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√internal political rifts within
the community have both hampered meaningful Maasai participation in tourism benefits and
√facilitated the exploitation of Kimanas tourism potential by external commercial operators
Arabuko sokoke
Arabuko Sokoke Forest Eco-tourism and Schools Project (Mida Creek)
This is
An eco-tourism project for:- √awareness promotion and √sustainable eco-tourism development
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Approximately over 10,000 are directly involved in Nature Based enterprises e
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Butterfly
farming, Apiculture, Agro forestry, Aloe farming and Mushroom farming
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√The project staff also visits members in the various villages on regular field visits
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Ng'wesi
Ngwesi Lodge contributes to developing the local communities by supporting: √education,
health and livelihoods projects,
√by providing jobs and business opportunities with surrounding tourism and other businesses
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Since the mid 1990s, profits from the lodge and generous donations from visitors and
well-wishers have contributed to secondary and university school fees and provided funds for

local school buildings, health personnel and buildings, and √enabled the community to buy
additional land to ease grazing pressure
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Namunyak
Kitich sits on National Forestry land, and is surrounded by Namunyak, a 383,000-acre
conservancy owned and managed by local communities
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Together, these conservancies are √empowering local people to take charge of their wild
spaces,
√to build sustainable economies linked to conservation,
√ lead peace efforts to mend years of conflict, and
√shape government regulations to support it all
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NRT member community conservancies work to conserve wildlife and sustainably manage the
grassland, forest, river and marine ecosystems upon which livelihoods depend
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Mara triangle
The Mara Triangle is the North-Western part of the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, and
is managed by the not-for-profit organisation
The Mara Conservancy on behalf of Trans-Mara County Council / now county (Narok county )
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The Mara Conservancy plays an active role in initiating and encouraging conservation efforts
within the Maasai Mara National Reserve
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Botanical gardens
Botanical gardens devote their resources to the study and conservation of plants, as well
as making the world's plant species diversity known to the public
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•Kaya Cum Arboretum
-Bamburi
•Moi University Botanic Garden-Eldoret
•East African Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute- Kikuyu
•Kenya Agricultural Research Institute- Kikuyu
•The Baobab Gardens
-Kilifi
•Mutomo Hill Plant Sanctuary - Kitui
•Mazeras Botanical Gardens/Nursery-Mombasa
•Nairobi Arboretum- Nairobi
•Botanic Garden of the National Museums of Kenya- Nairobi
World example is :Singapore botanical gardens in Singapore which is the world's best
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Landscaping and Reclamation - Landscape-restoration projects and
climate-adaptation initiatives must involve local communities to make them successful
and expandable
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, that is used for hiking and
seeing plants and animals
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An example of trail is a pathway that
deer take through the forest
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√Bikeways
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√Interpretive/Nature Trails
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√Hiking Without Trails
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•Ngong Hills
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•Oloolua Nature Trail
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, sometimes all
connected with a single subject
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• Giraffe Center, Elephant Orphanage and Nairobi National Park
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•Magic Kingdom, United States
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•Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, •United Arab Emirates
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•Everland Theme Park, South Korea
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•Shanghai Disneyland, China
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Community guides
•local community guides employed or regularly used by resorts/operators/hotels for
guests as:
✓community wildlife or wilderness guides
✓community mountain / volcano, dive, boat, trek, trail guides
✓communities preparing to receive and host volunteers, scientists or field researchers
in remote areas
Note :
Tour guides, or tourist guides,
•are members of the hospitality and travel industry who show visitors around places of
interest
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•An ecotourism guide typically works with environmentally-minded travelers and helps
educate them on specific areas of the world along with local environmental issues
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